The pandemic has impacted our lives in many ways. The constant fear for our loved ones to keep them safe, staying away from our families and the lockdown has left us with many negative thoughts. These stressful times will also pass but leave a toll on our mental health which will also impact our physical health.
Meditation can harness the power to heal the stress and keep you positive. It relaxes your mind and eliminates the negative thoughts which cause stress. Taking a few minutes each day will have multiple positive effects. Let us see the 3 major ways in which meditation can change your life and can help you deal with the stressful pandemic environment.

Stress Effects Are Reversed- Due to lockdown staying at home for a longer period and not getting any exposure can enable the negative thoughts to dwell in your mind. Meditation takes you on a journey towards peace and silence. Going beyond the noisy thoughts and staying calm is what reverses your stress which can be achieved when you incorporate meditation into your lifestyle.

Meditation heels the body in many ways includes:
– Decrease in the production of stress hormones.
– Decreasing the heart rate.
– Normalization of the blood pressure.
– Increasing the immunity
To gain these benefits you do not require advanced meditation techniques. At SHRF, we have experts who teach meditation to reduce stress. Meditating regularly will give you everything you require to cope with stressful situations.

Promotes Relaxation And Peaceful Sleep- Increase in stress can cause negative effects on many other aspects of our life. One being sleep deprivation. Restful sleep is a vital part to maintain physical and emotional health as well. When in a constant state of anxiety and stress, chronic sleep deprivation becomes normal. This state becomes harmful to you and thus requires immediate attention.

Meditation is a scientifically proven technique and an effective therapy for treating insomnia. Lack of sleep can disrupt your daily life routine and hence meditation comes to your rescue.
– It promotes relaxation.
– Calms your mind and body.
– Helps you to focus and concentrate on your thoughts.

Even basic meditation has the power to put you in a peaceful and relaxing sleep. Once you get used to meditation you will wake up every day with a positive approach towards life.  
Unites You To Your True Self- Most people spend their entire life to find their true self in search of peace and happiness. The secret behind finding your true self is simple; incorporate meditation in your life. From a spiritual point of view, meditation helps you to awaken your true self. Finding this unbound consciousness and purity can change your entire life.
Meditation makes it possible for you to find inner peace which results in a change in your perspectives and approaches towards life and the stressful environment. Pandemic indeed has given us bitter memories and grief, but to get stuck and never recover is when we actually lose. Meditating little by little will make you release the stress and you will realize the gradual change in your life resulted from it.   
To survive stressful pandemic situations you need to change your outlook towards all the things happening in the world. To stay healthy you will have to reduce the stress and radiate encouraging and positive energy. Meditation is just a medium that enables your body; mentally, physically and spiritually to grow and heal. Stay positive and healthy!